Devoted to death: Santa Muerte, the skeleton saint
R. Andrew Chesnut offers a portrayal of Santa Muerte, a skeleton saint whose cult has attracted millions of devotees in the past 8 years. As a personification of death, the Grim Reapress has become one of the most popular and powerful saints on both the Mexican and American religious landscapes.
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Format: | Electronic Book |
Language: | English |
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WorldCat: | WorldCat |
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New York Oxford
Oxford University Press
2012
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In: | Year: 2012 |
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Death, Fictitious character
/ Sacralization
/ Latin America
/ Veneration
B Santa Muerte |
Further subjects: | B
Death
Religious aspects
B Death (Personification) B Grim Reaper (Symbolic character) B Death Religious aspects |
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Table of Contents Volltext (Verlag) |
Parallel Edition: | Non-electronic
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